“Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.”

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”

“We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.”

“...convinced that in trying to please all, he had pleased none, and had lost his ass into the bargain.”

“No one believes a liar even when he tells the truth”

“An Ass put on a Lion's skin and wentAbout the foreset with much merriment,Scaring the foolish beasts by brooks and rocks,Till at last he tried to scare the Fox. But Reynard, hearing from beneath th...”

“Llarimar had told him to do his best. That sounded like an awful lot of work. Unfortunately, doing nothing was beginning to seem like even MORE work.”

“In his opinion, working was vastly overrated. Particularly as a way to build character, for everyone who engaged in it was far too snappish and fussy, and seemed to have no manners at all.”

“There was a sergeant at a desk. I knew he was a sergeant because I recognized the marks on his uniform, and I knew it was a desk because it's always a desk. There's always someone at a desk, except...”

“My past has not defined me, destroyed me, deterred me, or defeated me; it has only strengthened me.”

“Find your noble purpose and defeat any residue of fear.”

“Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.”

“Gefarhrgeist excelled at convincing themselves. It was their greatest strength and most terrible weakness.”